A catadromous fish that spends most of its life in European fresh water and coastal seas, then migrates thousands of kilometres to spawn in the Sargasso Sea, after which the larvae drift back across the Atlantic on ocean currents to reach European coasts and rivers. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Classification
System (Realm) Living or ExtinctDerived from this species' own Conservation Status: this atlas's IUCN category list has no Extinct value, so a set conservation-status is itself evidence of living status (w-bfill-g5-0924 browse backfill). Scientific Name Conservation StatusNumbers of eels reaching Europe are thought to have declined by around 90 percent, possibly as much as 98 percent, since the 1970s. Connections
In Biome
Source European Eel (Wikipedia)
In Ecosystem
Source European Eel (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. European Eel (Wikipedia)
WikipediaLife cycle section
After spawning in the Sargasso Sea, they disperse northwards throughout the Atlantic Ocean, its coasts, and the rivers that empty into it.
- Taxobox
Conservation status section
The European eel is a critically endangered species.
System/realm (stated plainly in the entity own recorded description)
A catadromous fish that spends most of its life in European fresh water and coastal seas, then migrates thousands of kilometres to spawn in the Sargasso Sea, after which the larvae drift back across the Atlantic on ocean currents to reach European coasts and rivers.
- In Biome: Estuary
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